Method of making combination loop and fastening devices



E. T. ODER 2,682,284 METHOD OF MAKING COMBINATION LOOPS AND FASTENING DEVICES June 29, 1954 Original Filed July 20, 1948 INVENTOR. EL/ZABETH 7: 005/? Patented June 29, 1954 METHODOF MAKING COMBINATION LOOP AND FASTENING DEVICES Elizabeth T. Oder, Lyndhurst, N. J.

Original application. July 20, 1948, Serial No.,

39,660. Divided and this application October 5, 1949, Serial'No. 119,589

1: Claim. 1.

This invention relates to a combination selfsupporting wire loop and fastening device and to methods of forming and manufacturing the same, preferably of a single piece of wire. The principal object is to provide a self-supporting loop having a plurality of dependent pin-type penetrating and attaching members at its underside, which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and which may be readily affixed by hand, or otherwise, to cloth, fabrics and other materials where an external loop maybe useful or desired for holding or retaining some other material or object Within the loop in a desired location on the first material;

The subject matter of this application is disclosed in my copending application Serial No. 39,660, filed on July 20, 1948, of which this application is a division.

A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a unitary self-supporting flattened loop with integral dependent penetrating and attaching members formed of a single piece or length of wire, wherein the said members are maintained in substantial mutually spaced or separatedrel'ation aiiixed to the underside of the loop .by fusedly uniting the loop itself and said members as by welding or soldering, or mechanically, as by twisting that portion of the. wire of the penetratingmembers adjacent the loop around'the underside of the loop. In thisway, the loopis rendered self-supporting. and remains undeformabl'e inapplication and attachment. The pin-type penetrating and attaching members are, also restrained against movement along the loop in mutually spaced and fixed relation ready tobe pushed through material, manually or otherwise, and bent on the underside of the material to hold the loop'in the desired location.

The combination loop and fastening device-of my invention finds ready application in both the garment and millinery industries. For example, as a means oi saving the sewingof belt loops on clothing, particularly where a given size l'adys garment is to be sold for varied length-waist lines. With my device the loops may be adjusted and fixed in position on the garment to accommodate either long or short torsos, and, furthermore, the loops may be removed prior to laundering or cleaning the garment and belt, and replaced thereafter.

In the millinery industry the combination loop and fastening device of my. invention finds application in providing a ready substitute for sewing trimming, or artificial flowers, and. the like, to the hat body:

For holding flowers and corsages on garments theflorist and the wearer are now almost wholly dependent on the use of a straight pin or the like. With the combination loop and fastening device ofmy invention, particularly the openloop form, it is a simple matter to affix a flower or corsage to a gown or suit without damage to the garment and at the same time effect an ease and security of attachment heretofore unattainable.

The nature of my invention and the methods of forming and manufacturing the combination self-supporting loop and fastening device of wire will appear more fully from the accompanying description and drawings, and it will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The drawings show both preferred forms and other forms of the new article of manufacture in accordance with my invention, together with illustrations of methods and arrangements for manufacturing the same.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred form of the combination closed loop and fastening device. wherein the loop portion is fusedly united with itself as by welding or soldering and with the penetrating and attaching members dependent from the undersides of the loop at substantially spaced points Fig. 2,. is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along 2J2 of Fig. l

Fig. 3 is a view partly in section, showing the combination loop and fastening device applied to a piece ofmaterial with the penetrating and attaching members bent so as to hold the loop in the desired location;

Fig. 4v is a perspective view of a form of the combination closed loop and fastening device wherein those portions of the penetrating members adjacent the loop are affixed to the underside of the. loop mechanically by twisting the same aroundthe underside of the loop;

Figs. 5, 6 and, '7 illustrate a method and arrangements for, forming and making the device of Fig. 4;.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a modified form of the combination closed loop and fastening device wherein the outer loop'portion is formed of a double strand of wire and the portions of the penetrating members adjacent the loop are twisted around the underside of the loop;

Fig. 9'shows the device of Fig. 8 with the two strands of. the loop bent outwardly;

Fig. 10. shows the device of Fig. 9 applied to a piece; of material and supporting a belt or ribbon;

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of a form of combination open loop and fastening device wherein the penetrating members are twisted around the underside of the loop;

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of a form of combination open loop and fastening device similar to that of Fig. 11, but wherein those portions of the wire of the penetrating members adjacent the underside of the loop are fusedly united as by welding or soldering;

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a form of a.

two-piece combination closed loop and fastening device wherein the loop is formed of twisted wires and the penetrating members are formed of a separate wire fusedly united to the loop; and

Fig. 14 is a perspective view of a form of a twopiece combination closed loop and fastening device, similar to Fig. 13, wherein the loop portion is formed of a single strand of wire fusedly united to the penetrating members.

Referring now to Fig. 1, the manner of making the combination closed loop and fastening device from a single piece or length of wire entails the bending of the wire at right angles at four points to form the loop I. The penetrating and attaching members 2, 3 are formed by the bending of the wire at right angles at two points.

Thereupon, that portion of the wire of the penetrating member 2 adjacent the underside of the loop I is fusedly united to the wire or the loop at 4 as by welding or soldering, and the wire of the penetrating member 3 is likewise fusedly united to the wire of the loop at 5. In this way, the loop I becomes self-supporting and the penetrating and attaching members 3 become restrained against movement along the loop in mutually spaced and fixed relation ready to be pushed through material, manually or otherwis and then bent as shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 2 shows partly in cross-section, an end View of the loop I with the penetrating and attaching member 2, 3, ready and in position to .be pushed through some material.

Fig. 3 shows the device of Fig. 1, applied to a material 6, with the penetrating and attaching members 2, bent as at l, 8 to hold the loop I in a desired location on the material 6, and to hold or support the second material 9 within the loop I.

Fig. 4 shows a modified form of a combination closed loop ii and penetrating and attaching member ll. 12, wherein the penetrating and attachin members are ailixed to the underside of the loop iii by twisting the same around the underside of the loop it as at l3, Id. In this way the loop Iii becomes self-supporting and the penetrating and attaching members ll, i2 become restrained against movement along the underside of the loop Ii in mutually spaced and fixed relation.

The manner of forming and making the device of Fig. 4: is shown in Figs. 7, inclusive. Referring first to Fig. 5, a cylindrical former l5 provides a means of forming a circular loop from a single piece of wire it. The wire i5 is then removed from the former i5, and the two ends thereof IS, I9 are twisted around the underside of the loop i? as shown in Fig, 6, the diameter of the loop l'i being sufiiciently large to permit of the same. In this way a closed circular loop ll having depending enetrating and attaching members IE, it is formed. To obtain an elongated loop a two-piece die or press 21, as shown in Fig. i, may be used to flatten the circular loop ill of the device of Fig. 6. Thus, upper and lower members 22, 23 having appropriately shaped recesses 24, 25 may be employed. By inserting the circular loop device of Fig. 6 in the lower portion 23 of the die or press 2|, and lowering the upper portion 22 to the position shown in Fig. 7, the circular loop device of Fig. 6 is formed into the elongated closed-loop device as shown in Fig, 4.

The closed-loop device of Fig. 8 may be formed and made in a manner similar to the closed-loop device of Fig. 4 except the loop is formed of two strands of wire instead of one and the penetrating and attaching members 3|, 32 are separately twisted about the single strand 33 at the underside of the loop 30. In this way the loop 30 becomes self -supporting and the penetrating and attaching members 3|, 32 become restrained against movement along the underside of the loop 3% in mutually spaced and fixed relation.

Fig. 9 shows how the two strands of the loop 30 as shown in Fig. 8, may be separated by bending apart to provide a loop for holding a ribbon or belt as shown in Fig. 10 on a material 34 in a desired location, the penetrating and attaching members 3!, 32 having been bent as at 35, 36.

A. modified open-loop form of the device is shOwn in Fig. 11. Here, the open loop is 'Eormed of two strands of wire and the penetrating and attaching members 4|, 42 are separately twisted about a single strand 43 at the underside of the open loop 46. In this way the loop 40 becomes self-supporting and the penetrating and attaching members 4|, 42 become restrained against movement along the underside of the loop $6 in mutually spaced and fixed relation.

The device of Fig. 11 may be formed and made from a single piece of wire in a manner similar to that employed in the operations described by reference to Figs. 5 and '7.

A form of open-loop device made from a single piece of wire is shown in Fig. 12. Here the open loop 45 is formed of two strands of wire and the penetrating and attaching members 46, 41 are fusedly united to the single strand 48 at the underside of the loop 45, as by welding or soldering. In this way, the open loop 45 becomes self-supporting and the penetrating and attaching members 46, 4'! become restrained against movement along the underside of the loop 45 in mutually spaced and fixed relation.

The device of Fig. 12 may be formed and made by bending in a manner similar to that described in connection with the device of Fig. 1.

The modifications shown in Figs. 13 and 14 are two-piece devices as distinguished from the unitary devices shown in the other drawings. Fig. 13 is formed and made of a twisted wire two-strand open-loop portion 50 and a single wire strand 5| fusedly united to the underside of the open loop 50 as by welding or soldering. The strand of wire 5 is bent at points 52, 53, to form and provide the penetrating and attaching members 54, 55.

The single-strand closed-loop device of Fig. 14 is formed of two pieces of wire, one, the loop and, two, the portion Bl fusedly united to the underside of the loop 60 as by soldering or welding and bent at the points 62, 63, to provide the penetrating and attaching members 64, 65.

I wish it to be understood that my invention is not limited to the mere details, construction or arrangement of the several forms of the combination loop and fastening device disclosed for it is plain that various modifications might be made within the spirt and scope of the invention, and instead of circular cross-section wire other cross-sectional shapes may be employed such as sci-called ribbon wire and the like, all Without departing from the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

The method of making a unitary combination self supporting flattened wire loop and a pintype fastening device from a single length of wire which comprises forming at substantially the mid section of the wire by bending, a circular loop portion of at least one strand with substantially equal free lengths of wire outside said loop, forming of said free ends by bending at spaced points along said loop substantially straight pin-type penetrating and attaching members depending from said loop at the said spaced points to unit the free ends with the loop at said spaced points, and flattening said loop without deforming said depending members to form thereof a substantially straight long upperside and a substantially straight long underside in substantially parallel relation, with the depending members substantially perpendicular References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 363,525 Lipp May 24, 1887 501,439 Reznor July 11, 1893 834,842 Nutting Oct. 30, 1906 967,083 Toole Aug. 9, 1910 1,070,797 Gordon Aug. 19, 1913 1,425,480 Hoffman Aug. 8, 1922 1,562,196 Abrams Nov. 17, 1925 1,572,650 I-Iaft Feb. 9, 1926 1,647,197 Salmon Nov. 1, 1927 2,105,161 Platt Jan. 11, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 908 Great Britain Aug. 26, 1879 

